No. 198. 
Hakea Fraseri R.Br. / 
Fraser's Hakea. 
(Family PROTEACEyE.) 
Botanical description. Genus, Hakea. (See Part XLVI, p. 105.) 
Botanical description. Species, H. Fraserl R.Br., Prof. NOD* 26 (1830). 
A tall shrub, the branches much more slender than in H. lorea, of which it may possibly be a 
variety. 
Leaves much more slender, 4 to 8 inches long. 
Racemes only 1 to 2 inches long. 
Pedicels 2 to 3 lines. 
Flowers of //. lorea, but smaller, the perianth-tube not above 3 lines long. 
Fruit unknown. (B.F1. v, 496.) 
(Notes on the leaves and fruit will be found below. J.H.M.) 
Botanical Name. Hakea, already explained (See Part XLVI, p. 106); 
Fraserl, in honour of Charles Fraser, first Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, 
who originally collected this plant in the year 1818. He "was on Oxley's First and 
Second Expeditions as detailed in Oxley's "Journal of two Expeditions," &c. (1820). 
He is termed Colonial Botanist in contradistinction to Allan Cunningham who is 
termed King's Botanist. In the second expedition, when this plant was found, 
Oxley went from Bathurst to the vicinity of the Warrumbungles (Arbuthnot's 
Range), Liverpool Plains, and New England, and discovered Mount Seaview and 
the Hastings River. 
In page 212 of Oxley's work he spells Fraser's name " Frazier " ("Frazer" 
at p. 375), and says that " a short description of the most remarkable plants collected 
during the expedition by Mr. Charles Frazier, the Government Collector, is added to 
this Journal," but it apparently was never published. 
Leaves. In the Flora Australiensis the length of the leaves is given as from 
4 to 8 inches long. Some specimens collected by Mr. S. W. Jackson from 
Collarenebri have the leaves as long as 15 inches. 
* The full title of this Small but very important work is " Silpplementum Primum Prodromi Florae Nova; 
Hollandise : exhibena Proteaceas Novas quaa in Australasia legerunt DD. Baxter, Caley, Cunningham, Fraser et Sieber 
et quarum e siccis exemplaribus characteres elaboravit Robertus Brown." 
